זָנַחzânach

זָנַח: reject, spurn

Pronunciation: zaw-nakh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2186

Meanings

Qal: reject (Hosea 8:3; Hosea 8:5; Lamentations 2:7)

Hiph`il: Jeroboam, (= earlier Qal) (2 Chronicles 29:19; 2 Chronicles 11:14; Isaiah 19:6)

זָנַח: stink, emit stench

Hiph`il: rivers stink (Isaiah 19:6)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 20 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 28:9 “And Solomon, my son, learn to know the God of your ancestors intimately. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and a willing mind. For the Lord sees every heart and knows every plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.
  • 2 Chronicles 11:14 The Levites even abandoned their pasturelands and property and moved to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons would not allow them to serve the Lord as priests.
  • 2 Chronicles 29:19 We have also recovered all the items discarded by King Ahaz when he was unfaithful and closed the Temple. They are now in front of the altar of the Lord, purified and ready for use.”
  • Psalms 43:2 For you are God, my only safe haven. Why have you tossed me aside? Why must I wander around in grief, oppressed by my enemies?
  • Psalms 44:9 But now you have tossed us aside in dishonor. You no longer lead our armies to battle.
  • Psalms 44:23 Wake up, O Lord! Why do you sleep? Get up! Do not reject us forever.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).